com.orsonpdf

Class DictionaryObject

java.lang.Object

com.orsonpdf.PDFObject

com.orsonpdf.DictionaryObject

Direct Known Subclasses:

GraphicsStateDictionary

public class DictionaryObject
extends PDFObject

A PDF object that is represented by a dictionary. This is used to represent the Catalog and the Outlines (the latter being a placeholder implementation only since we don't presently generate outlines).

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Dictionary	dictionary

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	getObjectBytes() Returns the bytes that go between the 'obj' and 'endobj' in the PDF output for this object.
void	put(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value) Puts an item in the dictionary.
java.lang.Object	remove(java.lang.String name) Removes an item from the dictionary.

Methods inherited from class com.orsonpdf.PDFObject

getGeneration, getNumber, getReference, toPDFBytes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

dictionary

protected Dictionary dictionary

Method Detail

put

public void put(java.lang.String name,
                java.lang.Object value)

Puts an item in the dictionary.

Parameters:

name - the name (without the leading "/", null not permitted).

value - the value (null not permitted).

remove

public java.lang.Object remove(java.lang.String name)

Removes an item from the dictionary.

Parameters:

name - the name (without the leading "/").

Returns:

The value that was previously stored with the given name.

getObjectBytes

public byte[] getObjectBytes()

Returns the bytes that go between the 'obj' and 'endobj' in the PDF output for this object.

Specified by:

getObjectBytes in class PDFObject

Returns:

A byte array.